Remember the book that got all of this started? The Skinny Bitch Ultimate Everyday Cookbook?? I got it right before Xmas and the forward led me to the original Skinny Bitch book. Since then I've cut out soda and meat. By now I've made a few recipes from the book. The first one: Tofu Mexicali Scramble, was pretty good. The kids wouldn't eat it, but that wasn't surprising. The next one I made the other night. Sweet Potato and Leek Casserole. That one was a complete bust. NO ONE liked it. It sounded good, but the leeks were too much. I sent it next door to my parents. My mom loves oniony things so I'm hoping it doesn't go to total waste. So this morning I have some extra time. I decided to whip up the Pumpkin Pecan Banana Bread. I had all of the ingredients minus the almond milk (I used cow milk.) As I'm putting it together I realize that in the fine print at the bottom where all the nutritional info is. The bread is 350 cal per slice with 17 g of fat! Then as I'm putting in a cup and a half of sugar I nearly chuck it in the trash! What?? 350 calories is about a quarter of my daily intake. If I have 2 that's half, how is that healthy or skinny? I checked their other breakfast breads and they are all about the same way. I feel confident there are other, less fattening recipes out there. At least with less sugar . The thing about cookbooks is they can put whatever nutritional info they want, unlike labels they are not help to FDA standards. Needless to say this recipe does not give you a sugar figure, although they do give carbs: 50g!!
Whew! Thanks for letting me get that off my chest. Unfortunately, it will go right to my heiney!!
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